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Layla Al-Magnuna

I'm a 23 year old girl from Norway.

Eurovision has always been something most of my family watched every year, so I was exposed to it at an early age. I didn't get really into it until the late 90's though. From then on I just got more and more interested.

Now if you REALLY want to contact me, you can use this not-frequently-used mail of mine: johansen.andreas@ymail.com





My favourites in 2009:

WANT TO WIN (Can't decide):

01. MOLDOVA: Nelly Ciobanu - hora din Moldova
01. NORWAY: Alexander Rybak - fairytale

I LOVE:

03. BELGIUM: Patrick Ouchene - copycat
04. ESTONIA: Urban symphony - randajad
05. BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: Regina - bistra voda
06. GERMANY: Alex swings! Oscar sings! - miss kiss kiss bang
07. PORTUGAL: Flor-de-Lis - todas as ruas do amor
08. CROATIA: Igor Cukrov - lijepa tena
09. SLOVENIA: Quartissimo - love symphony
10. FINLAND: Waldo's people - lose control
11. TURKEY: Hadise - dum tek tek
12. ARMENIA: Inga & Anush Arshakyan - nor par (jan jan)
13. SERBIA: Marko Kon & Milan Nikolic - cipela
14. CZECH REPUBLIC: Gipsy.cz - aven romale

I LIKE/I LIKE MILDLY:

15. MALTA: Chiara - what if we
16. IRELAND: Sinead Mulvey & Black Daisy - et cetera
17. ROMANIA: Elena Gheorghe - the Balkan girls
18. AZERBAIJAN: AySel & Arash - always
19. BELARUS: Petr Elfimov - eyes that never lie
20. FYR MACEDONIA: Next time - nesto sto ke ostane
21. SWITZERLAND: Lovebugs - the highest heights
22. RUSSIA: Anastasiya Prihod'ko - mamo
23. ICELAND: Johanna Gudrun Jonsdottir - is it true
24. SWEDEN: Malena Ernman - la voix
25. MONTENEGRO: Andrea Demirovic - just get out of my life
26. SPAIN: Soraya - la noche es para mi
27. DENMARK: Niels Brinck - believe again

JUST OK:

28. BULGARIA: Krassimir Avramov - illusion
29. GREECE: Sakis Rouvas - this is our night
30. ANDORRA: Susanna Georgi - la teva decisio
31. LATVIA: Intars Busulis - probka
32. UNITED KINGDOM: Jade Ewen - my time
33. LITHUANIA: Sasha Son - love
34. FRANCE: Patricia Kaas - et s'il fallait le faire
35. ALBANIA: Kejsi Tola - carry me in your dreams
36. NETHERLANDS: De toppers - shine

I DON'T LIKE:

37. ISRAEL: Noa & Mira Awad - einaiych (there must be another way)
38. POLAND: Lidia Kopania - I don't wanna leave
39. CYPRUS: Christina Metaxas - firefly
40. SLOVAKIA: Kamil Mikulcik & Nela Pociskova - let' tmou

I HATE:

41. HUNGARY: Zoltan Adok - dance with me
42. UKRAINE: Svetlana Loboda - be my valentine (anti-crisis girl)



2009 is a great ESC year! Good luck to everyone! (Except Ukraine of course)










The 2009 should-have winners: (Some of them did win, yey Some internally elected - so no other option) (under construction)

Albania:
Andorra: Susanna Georgi - la teva decisio
Armenia: Inga & Anush - nor par (jan jan)
Azerbaijan: AySel & Arash - always
Belarus: Petr Elfimov - eyes that never lie/Litesound feat. Dakota - carry on
Belgium: Patrick Ouchene - copycat
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Regina - bistra voda
Bulgaria: Krassimir Avramov - illusion/Gergana Dimova - yasno sluntse (Bulgaria's NF was tragic)
Croatia: Cager Zoc - ritam da se ritam/Denis Dumancic - srce moram seliti/Igor Cukrov - lijepa Tena (RITAM!!!)
Cyprus:
Czech Republic: Gipsy.cz - aven romale
Denmark: Sukkerchok - det, det
Estonia: Urban symphony - randajad/Laura - destiny
Finland: Waldo's people - lose control
France: Patricia Kaas - et s'il fallait le faire
FYR Macedonia:
Georgia: Tika Patsatsia - miracle
Germany: Alex swings! Oscar sings! - miss kiss kiss bang
Greece: Sakis Rouvas
Hungary: Katya Tompos - maganyos csonak (seriously could have won)
Iceland: Ingo - undir regnbogann
Ireland: Sinead Mulvey & Black Daisy - et cetera
Israel: Noa & Mira Awad - will you dance with me
Latvia: Iveta Baumane - tic tac
Lithuania: Linas Adomaitis - tavos spalvos
Malta: Chiara - what if we
Moldova: Nelly Ciobanu - hora din Moldova/Doina Gherman - hei! exploadeaza!
Montenegro: Andrea Demirovic - just get out of my life
Netherlands: De toppers - angel of the night
Norway: Alexander Rybak - fairytale
Poland:
Portugal: Flor-de-lis - todas as ruas do amor/Luciana Abreu - juntos vamos conseguir (yes we can)
Romania: Zero - sunny days
Russia:
Serbia: Marko Kon & Milan Nikolic - cipela
Slovakia: Peter Cmorik - ked spis
Slovenia: Quartissimo feat. Martina - love symphony/Cuki - mal' naprej pa mal' nazaj
Spain: Yulia Valentayn - uh la la (Russian version)/Mirela - nada es comparable a ti
Sweden: H.E.A.T. - 1000 miles/Rigo & The topaz sound feat. Red Fox - I got U/Maria & Sahlene - killing me tenderly
Switzerland: Lovebugs - the highest heights
Turkey: Hadise - dum tek tek
Ukraine:
United Kingdom: Mark - my time










The REAL winners:

1956. GERMANY: Freddy Quinn - so geht das jede nacht
1957. BELGIUM: Bobbejaan Schoepen - straatdeuntje
1958. ITALY: Domenico Modugno - nel blu dipinto di blu
1959. UNITED KINGDOM: Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson - sing, little birdie
1960. UNITED KINGDOM: Bryan Johnson - looking high, high, high
1961. UNITED KINGDOM: The Allisons - are you sure?
1962. SWEDEN: Inger Berggren - sol och vaar
1963. ITALY: Emilio Pericoli - uno per tutte
1964. AUSTRIA: Udo Jurgens - warum
1965. LUXEMBOURG: France Gall - poupee de cire, poupee de son
1966. AUSTRIA: Udo Jurgens - merci cherie
1967. LUXEMBOURG: Vicky - l'amour est bleu
1968. UNITED KINGDOM: Cliff Richard - congratulations
1969. NORWAY: Kirsti Sparboe - oj, oj, oj, saa glad jeg skal bli
1970. IRELAND: Dana - all kinds of everything
1971. GERMANY: Katja Ebstein - diese welt
1972. LUXEMBOURG: Vicky Leandros - apres toi
1973. SPAIN: Mocedades - eres tu
1974. SWEDEN: ABBA - Waterloo
1975. NETHERLANDS: Teach-in - ding-a-dong
1976. UNITED KINGDOM: Brotherhood of man - save your kisses for me
1977. SWITZERLAND: Pepe Lienhard band - Swiss lady
1978. ISRAEL: Izhar Cohen & Alphabeta - a-ba-ni-bi
1979. GERMANY: Dschinghis Khan - Dschinghis Khan
1980. IRELAND: Johnny Logan - what's another year
1981. UNITED KINGDOM: Bucks fizz - making your mind up
1982. GERMANY: Nicole - ein bisschen frieden
1983. YUGOSLAVIA: Daniel Popovic - Dzhuli
1984. SWEDEN: Herreys - diggi-loo diggi-ley
1985. NORWAY: Bobbysocks - la det swinge
1986. BELGIUM: Sandra Kim - j'aime la vie
1987. IRELAND: Johnny Logan - hold me now
1988. SWITZERLAND: Celine Dion - ne partez pas sans moi
1989. YUGOSLAVIA: Riva - rock me
1990. YUGOSLAVIA: Tajci - hajde da ludujemo
1991. SPAIN: Sergio Dalma - bailar pegados
1992. IRELAND: Linda Martin - why me?
1993. NORWAY: Silje Vige - alle mine tankar
1994. IRELAND: Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan - rock 'n' roll kids
1995. NORWAY: Secret garden - nocturne
1996. IRELAND: Eimear Quinn - the voice
1997. UNITED KINGDOM: Katrina & The waves - love shine a light
1998. CROATIA: Danijela - neka mi ne svane
1999. ESTONIA: Evelin Samuel & Camille - diamond of night
2000. RUSSIA: Alsou - solo
2001. FRANCE: Natasha St Pier - je n'ai que mon ame
2002. FRANCE: Sandrine Francois - il faut du temps
2003. POLAND: Ich troje - keine grenzen (zadnych granic)
2004. UKRAINE: Ruslana - wild dances
2005. MOLDOVA: Zdob si zdub - boonika bate doba
2006. FINLAND: Lordi - hard rock hallelujah
2007. MOLDOVA: Natalia Barbu - fight
2008. BELGIUM: Ishtar - o julissi
2009. NORWAY: Alexander Rybak - fairytale
2010. RUSSIA: Vitas - opera #3 (lol, I can dream)

So, UK would have been the big winners if it was all up to me - 7 wins! Ireland 6 wins.










Worst ESC songs ever: (under construction)

12p - Spain 1983: Remedios Amaya - quien maneja mi barca (= Ugliest of all time)
10p - Spain 1996: Antonio Carbonell - ay, que deseo!
8p - Moldova 2008: Geta Burlacu - a century of love
7p - Georgia 2007: Sopho - visionary dream
6p - Latvia 2006: Vocal group cosmos - I hear your heart
5p - Israel 2000: PingPong - sa'me'akh
4p - Spain 2006: Las ketchup - un blodymary
3p - Spain 1990: Azucar Moreno - bandido
2p - France 1998: Marie Line - Ou aller
1p - Hungary 2008: Csezy - candlelight

Looks like Spain is the titleholder here for worst songs ever in ESC since they have 4 entries(!) in the Bottom 10 list. Some achievement, eh?

More horror:

Austria 1979: Christina Simon - heute in Jerusalem
Azerbaijan 2008: Elnur & Samir - day after day
Belgium 1981: Emly Starr - Samson
Belgium 2007: The KMG's - love power
Bulgaria 2005: Kaffe - Lorraine
Croatia 2003: Claudia Beni - vise nisam tvoja
Denmark 2007: DQ - drama queen
Estonia 2003: Ruffus - eighties coming back
Estonia 2008: KreisiRaadio - leto svet
Finland 1998: Edea - aava
Germany 1998: Guildo Horn - Guildo hat euch lieb!
Germany 2000: Stefan Raab - wadde hadde dudde da?
Germany 2002: Corinna May - I can't live without music
Germany 2004: Max - can't wait until tonight
Germany 2007: Roger Cicero - frauen regier'n die welt
Greece 2003: Mando - never let you go
Hungary 2009: Zoltan Adok - dance with me
Ireland 2008: Dustin the turkey - Irelande douze pointe
Israel 2005: Shiri Maimon - hasheket shenish'ar
Lithuania 2007: 4Fun - love or leave
Lithuania 2008: Jeronimas Milius - nomads in the night
Luxembourg 1977: Anne Marie B. - frere Jacques
Luxembourg 1985: Margo, Franck Olivier, Diane Solomon, Malcolm & Chris Roberts - children, kinder, enfants
Netherlands 1998: Edsilia - hemel en aarde
Norway 2003: Jostein Hasselgaard - I'm not afraid to move on
Poland 1995: Justyna Steczkowska - sama
Portugal 1977: Os amigos - Portugal no coracao
Portugal 1985: Adelaide - penso em ti, eu sei
Portugal 1995: To Cruz - baunilha e chocolate
Portugal 2005: 2B - amar
Slovenia 2002: Sestre - samo ljubezen
Sweden 1977: Forbes - Beatles
Sweden 2002: Afro-dite - never let it go
Turkey 2006: Sibel Tuzun - super star
Turkey 2007: Kenan Dogulu - shake it up sekerim
Ukraine 2005: GreenJolly - razom nas bahato
Ukraine 2009: Svetlana Loboda - be my valentine
United Kingdom 1995: Love city groove - love city groove
United Kingdom 1998: Imaani - where are you?
United Kingdom 2002: Jessica Garlick - come back
United Kingdom 2008: Andy Abraham - even if










Super final: (Best song from each country) (under construction)

Albania: Olta Boka - zemren e lame peng
Andorra: Jenny - sense tu
Armenia: Inga & Anush - nor par (jan jan)
Austria: Udo Jurgens - merci, cherie
Azerbaijan: AySel & Arash - always
Belarus: Dmitry Koldun - work your magic
Belgium: Ishtar - o julissi
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Hari Mata Hari - Lejla
Bulgaria: Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov - voda
Croatia: Boris Novkovic & Lado members - vukovi umiru sami
Cyprus:
Czech Republic: Gipsy.cz - aven romale
Denmark: Sidsel Ben Semmane - twist of love
Estonia: Urban symphony - randajad
Finland: Lordi - hard rock hallelujah
France: Natasha St Pier - je n'ai que mon ame
FYR Macedonia: Next time - nesto sto ke ostane
Georgia: Diana Gurtskaya - peace will come
Germany: Nino de Angelo - flieger
Greece: Antique - die for you
Hungary: NOX - forogj, vilag!
Iceland: Silvia Night - congratulations
Ireland: Eimear Quinn - the voice
Israel:
Italy:
Latvia: Brainstorm - my star
Lithuania:
Luxembourg:
Malta: Chiara - angel
Moldova: Zdob si zdub - boonika bate doba
Monaco:
Montenegro: Andrea Demirovic - just get out of my life
Morocco: Samira Said - bitakat hob
Netherlands:
Norway: Secret garden - nocturne
Poland: Ich troje - keine grenzen (zadnych granic)
Portugal: Flor-de-Lis - todas as ruas do amor
Romania: Mihai Traistariu - tornero
Russia:
San Marino: Miodio - complice
Serbia: Maria Serifovic - molitva
Serbia & Montenegro: Zeljko Joksimovic & Ad Hoc Orchestra - lane moje
Slovakia:
Slovenia: Omar Naber - stop
Spain: Sergio Dalma - bailar pegados
Sweden: One more time - den vilda
Switzerland: Vanilla ninja - cool vibes
Turkey:
Ukraine: Ruslana - wild dances
United Kingdom: Katrina and the waves - love shine a light
Yugoslavia: Daniel Popovic - Dzhuli










ESC wishlist: (under construction)

Albania:
Andorra:
Armenia:
Austria: L'ame immortelle
Azerbaijan:
Belarus:
Belgium: Ishtar, Runnin' Wild, Lady Linn
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Hari Mata Hari
Bulgaria: Anelia, Konstantin, Boris Dali, Sofi Marinova, Slavi Trifonov (some chalga)
Croatia: Boris Novkovic, Goran Karan, Cager Zoc, Maksim Mrvica
Cyprus:
Czech Republic: Gipsy.cz
Denmark: Saybia, Mew
Estonia: Kerli
Finland: Nightwish, Leningrad Cowboys
France: Dionysos, Olivia Ruiz, Les Wampas
FYR Macedonia:
Georgia:
Germany: Xavier Naidoo/Soehne Mannheims, Oomph!, Rammstein, Yamboo, The BossHoss
Greece: Antonis Remos, Giorgos Mazonakis, Katy Garbi
Hungary: NOX, Magdolna Ruzsa, Eszter Szabo
Iceland:
Ireland: Enya, Chloe Agnew (some Celtic sung in Gaelic)
Israel: Ishtar, some klezmer
Italy: Caparezza, Giusy Ferrari
Kosovo:
Latvia:
Lebanon: Nancy Ajram, Mika, Wael Kfoury
Lithuania: Linas Adomaitis
Luxembourg:
Malta:
Moldova: Zdob si Zdub, Dan Balan, Mr & Ms, Arsenium
Monaco:
Montenegro:
Morocco: Samira Said, Hakim
Netherlands: Within Temptation, Xandria, Epica
Norway: Helene Boksle, Kaizers Orchestra, Ane Brun, William Hut, Ida Jenshus, Sirenia, Leaves' Eyes, Kari Rueslaatten, Sissel Kyrkjebo, Christine Guldbrandsen, Secret Garden
Poland: Pati Yang, Feel
Portugal:
Romania: Adrian Copilul Minune , Magica, Zero, Brandy, Nicolae Guta (some manele)
Russia: Vitas, Zveri, Leningrad, Cabernet deneuve (some Russian rockabilly or psychobilly)
San Marino:
Serbia: Zeljko Joksimovic, Goran Bregovic
Slovakia: Metropolis, Peter Cmorik, Desmod
Slovenia: Siddharta, Elvis Jackson, Turbo Angels, Atomik Harmonik, Skater, Pijamas (basically some happy Slovenian polka )
Spain:
Sweden: Miss Li
Switzerland:
Turkey: Dolapdere Big Gang, Tarkan, Celik
Ukraine: Assia Akhat
United Kingdom: Snow Patrol, Runrig, Mediaeval Baebes, Inkubus Sukkubus, Paloma Faith, Duffy, Escala










APSC/Asia-Pacific Song Contest wishlist: (under construction)

Australia: Marty Simpson, Dallas Frasca, Xavier Rudd
Bangladesh: Tishma
Cambodia: Preap Sovath
China: 12 girls band
Hong Kong: Emil Chau
India: Sunidhi Chauhan, Daler Mehndi
Indonesia: Anggun
Japan: Moi Dix Mois, Kalafina, Ayumi Hamasaki, Tsukiko Amano, Beat Crusaders, Bump of Chicken
Malaysia:
Philippines: Lani Misalucha
Singapore: Stefanie Sun Yan Zi
South Korea: The wonder girls, TVXQ, BoA
Taiwan: Da Mouth, Harlem Yu, Lee-Hom Wang
Thailand: Tata Young
Vietnam: